Activity Co-ordinator

Are you enthusiastic about providing meaningful activities for patients on acute mental health wards?

We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals to join our teams across the inpatient acute wards as an activity co-ordinator. The acute inpatient service is excited to have the opportunity to advertise for these newly funded roles and welcome you into our team.

You will be working along side our multi-professional teams which consist of Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Nurses, Health support workers, Clinical psychologist, Consultant psychiatrists, peer support workers and our practice development team.

You will predominantly be working with the OT and OTA to provide meaningful and therapeutic group activity planning and scheduling for the ward identified. This role will include supporting the facilitation of activities by working with the wider MDT, identifying and sourcing resources for the ward, and promoting the activities to the patient group on the ward.

The roles will be based at the Becklin and Newsam centre acute inpatient wards. We have 2 female wards and 3 male wards consisting of 22/21 beds for people who present with acute and complex mental health difficulties. The ward provides 24 hour care to manage risk and promote recovery for clients who have experienced deterioration in their mental state.

• Working with the Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistant to create weekly groups activity schedules for the ward
• Facilitation of activity based groups
• Promotion of activities on the ward within the patient group
• Identify and source resources for the ward activities
• Take a lead for maintaining a therapeutic environment in the activity based rooms (organising, maintaining supplies, welcoming and inviting, creative use of space).
• In collaboration with the activity leads on the ward keep a record of number of groups running and attendees.
• Take on the link role for volunteers attending the ward (Pat dog, inkwell, sports activities).

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the teambankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

We strongly recommend contacting the service prior to making an application.

You will be supported in your personal and professional development via clinical supervision, training, preceptorship and other Continuing Professional Development opportunities